{
  "id": 14016682,
  "title": "Consumer polling reflects limited public familiarity with ultraprocessed foods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/consumer-polling-reflects-limited-public-familiarity-with",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T17:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-consumer-polling-limited-familiarity-ultraprocessed.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "While U.S. adults report a high level of awareness of the term \"ultraprocessed foods,\" most do not fully understand what the term refers to, according to recent public opinion research commissioned by the American Heart Association. The findings reinforce the need for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to release the long-awaited federal definition of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs).",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}